News tagged with performance measurement


Disturbed body image after CNS cancer

(Medical Xpress)—Survivors of cancer of the central nervous system (CNS) in childhood are at heightened risk for disturbance in body image and self-image in relation to sports or other physical activities, according to ...

Cancer created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Little progress in participation of early-career registered nurses in hospital quality improvement activities

Nurses are the largest group of health care providers in the U.S., and health care leaders and experts agree that engaging registered nurses (RNs) in quality improvement (QI) efforts is essential to improving our health care ...

Health created Jan 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wondering about your hospital's quality? Ask a nurse

(HealthDay)—The easiest way to assess a hospital's quality of care might be to just ask the nurses, new research suggests.

Health created Oct 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Poorer lung health leads to age-related changes in brain function

Keeping the lungs healthy could be an important way to retain thinking functions that relate to problem-solving and processing speed in one's later years, new research suggests.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study examines patient experience at safety-net hospitals

A study suggests that safety-net hospitals (SNHs), which typically care for poor patients, performed more poorly than other hospitals on nearly every measure of patient experience and that could have financial consequences ...

Health created Jul 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study examines use of a natural language processing tool for electronic health records in assessing colonoscopy quality

A new study shows that natural language processing programs can "read" dictated reports and provide information to allow measurement of colonoscopy quality in an inexpensive, automated and efficient manner. The quality variation ...

Other created Jun 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Variation in bowel reoperation rates prompts call for better quality measures

There is a large variation in unplanned reoperation rates after colorectal surgery in English NHS hospitals, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today.

Other created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0